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9:45 PM ET, September 10, 2012

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Why the Chicago teachers strike is bad news for President Obama  —  For the first time in nearly three decades, Chicago public school teachers went on strike this morning.  At first glance, you might be tempted to think that what happens in Chicago has little to no effect on the politics of Washington and the presidential race.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. Department of Education: 79% of Chicago 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading  —  (CNSNews.com) - Seventy-nine percent of the 8th graders in the Chicago Public Schools are not grade-level proficient in reading, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and 80 percent are not grade-level proficient in math.
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Ties Obama To Chicago Teachers' Strike
Xian Barrett / Teacher X:
Why I'm striking, JCB  —  CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard …
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How teacher strikes hurt student achievement
Rosalind Rossi / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years; contingency sites ready, charters remain open
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago teachers strike updates: Mayor urges teachers to keep negotiating
Discussion: CNN and BBC
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
For the Romney campaign, it's forever 1980  —  Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse is out with a new memo arguing that despite whatever convention bounce Obama is getting, Mitt Romney is going to win the presidential race.  The crux of his case is that the Obama economy is simply too horrible …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney  —  (CNN) - A new survey indicates President Barack Obama moved up four points following the Democratic National Convention last week, and now has a six point advantage over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.  —  According to a CNN/ORC International Poll …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
With GOP jittery, Romney faces test of resolve  —  Mitt Romney and his top aides are running an essentially faith-based campaign.  Whatever the polls say at the moment, whatever the pundits say, whatever some nervous Republicans say, Team Romney simply does not believe President Obama can win re-election in today's terrible economy.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Panic Attack  —  As Nate Silver noted over the weekend …
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
Memorandum: State of the Race
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Memo: Don't Panic
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Appears To Copy Text From Obama Website  —  You didn't write that!  Donation instructions for Romney's new “Victory Wallet” taken from Obama's “Quick Donate” feature.  The Obama version went up in March.  —  Source: donate.barackobama.com  —  Source: mittromney.com
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Obama'08:
Quick Donate  —  Support the campaign with single-click donations …
Discussion: Election 2012
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Scott Van Duzer, the Obama hugger: Shop facing boycott  —  The owner of a Florida pizza shop says people are boycotting his business because he bear-hugged President Barack Obama on Sunday.  —  “People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant,” Scott Van Duzer, 46, told POLITICO.
BuzzFeed:
The Most Anti-Gay Piece Of Political Mail This Year  —  There is still time, but a mailer first reported by Politico and prepared in the name of “The Committee To Save The Erie County Republican Party” in New York has set a mighty low bar.  Republican state Sen. Mark Grisanti voted …
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
President Obama to Bob Woodward: ‘Mistake’ to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech  —  President Obama told author Bob Woodward that he didn't know Rep. Paul Ryan was going to attend at a major speech he delivered last year on spending and debt, and says in retrospect that it was …
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BuzzFeed:   Pat Robertson Encourages Man To Move To Saudi Arabia So He Can Beat His Wife
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Why is Obama skipping more than half of his daily intelligence meetings?  —  President Obama is touting his foreign policy experience on the campaign trail, but startling new statistics suggest that national security has not necessarily been the personal priority the president makes it out to be.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  ROMNEY DOG-WHISTLES TO TENTHER EXTREMISTS: 'I'M AS CONSERVATIVE AS THE CONSTITUTION' |  During his interview yesterday with Meet the Press, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney made the rather odd statement he is “as conservative as the Constitution” …
Discussion: USA Today
Reuters:
Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs  —  (Reuters) - General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.  —  Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid …
Politico:
Obama's suds-'n'-sports regular-guy tour  —  President Barack Obama likes sports.  He likes beer.  He likes sports bars.  And he wants to make sure voters see that on the campaign trail.  —  And, by way of contrast, he'd also like to remind the electorate about who doesn't seem to enjoy bars, or sports, or sports bars.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
The Ghost of George W. Bush
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Poll: Bachmann in danger  —  A new survey provided exclusively to Salon shows the Minnesota congresswoman's lead down to just 2 points  —  Despite her national fan base and a massive war chest, Rep. Michele Bachmann may be in more danger than most suspect, with a new poll showing her lead diminished to just two points.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Dem poll: Rep. Bachmann in trouble
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Maryland Democrat quits congressional race amid vote fraud allegations  —  A Maryland Democratic candidate quit her congressional race Monday after her own party told state officials that she had committed fraud by voting in both Maryland and Florida in recent elections.
Bill Maher:
Birther Control  —  Chris Matthews dressed down RNC Chair Reince Priebus last week for Romney's playing the race card with the birther joke, and the party doing it with the false welfare ads, constantly bringing up that he's a “European-style socialist,” etc.
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: ‘Bomb Everybody Tomorrow’ Is ‘Typical’ Republican Policy  —  Between calls from leading Republicans to get ready for war with Iran, remain in Afghanistan and Iraq, and intervening militarily in Syria, it's no surprise that some on the left might label the GOP's approach to foreign policy “bomb everyone tomorrow.”
Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run, Applesauce and AEIdeas
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Do 15% of Ohio Republicans think Romney killed bin Laden?  Probably not.  —  Public Policy Polling has a new poll (pdf) out of Ohio showing Obama with his biggest lead since May.  Given how hard it would be for Mitt Romney to win the White House without winning Ohio, that's a big deal.
Klint Finley / TechCrunch:
GoDaddy Outage Takes Down Millions Of Sites, Anonymous Member Claims Responsibility  —  According to many customers, sites hosted by major web host and domain registrar GoDaddy are down.  According to the official GoDaddy Twitter account the company is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it.
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Liberal group targets Ann Romney in new ads
Nick R. Martin / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's Birtherpalooza Canceled Over Low Ticket Sales
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Video of Police Encounter May Play Lead Role in Lawsuit
Miriam Jordan / Wall Street Journal:
Young Immigrants Pause on ‘Deferred Action’ Offer
Discussion: Firedoglake
Philip Ewing / Reuters:
Defense firms confirm layoff warnings
Discussion: Business Insider and Politico
Manu Raju / Politico:
Reid mocks Ryan over marathon time misstatement [Updated]
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Dominic Di-Natale / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as ‘worst enemy’
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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